Memorable, crazy movie

Great Film overall

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

I enjoyed this biopic because of the animals, not the heroine. After a while I got very irritated by her bulging eyes, tantrums, and hysterical behaviour, relentless and in the end boring and annoying. I doubt if anyone could live with that constant emotional melodrama. The saintly sister was sickeningly nice and good. This SO unrealistic. Most people would be nice and long-suffering but swear when out of her presence or with empathetic others. The film makers didn't introduce humour to lighten up the movie. This film didn't improve for me so I stopped watching it after an hour.

A real look into the life of an Autistic individual as only one who suffers from it can see it. Claire Danes gives a magnificent portrayal of this woman and her life, while at the same time educating the viewer on how an Autistic person sees and deals with the world. Straithan, Ormond and Sullivan, round out a cast that of other excellent performances. The intuitive viewer will see though, that this woman, in times where not much was understood about this condition, had the benefit of a wealthy family. This is later confirmed in Bio's of Grandin's life. But the benefit thereof, increases our understanding of this condition. The script and the story are well crafted in telling the story without being preachy. I cant recommend it enough.

Amazing immersion into a role for Danes, I was superbly impressed with her capture of an autistic woman and can only be quite grateful for this wondrous expression. I have limited experience with autism and have only heard negative comments on Jennie McCarthy's treatise on this insidious disease.After viewing this film I was compelled to express my deepest sympathy for all those parents and children dealing with this affliction. I had no concept of the ill treatment and debasement of many trying to fit in with the 'normies'.I found the treatment of Temple's life and many challenges exemplified by the door analogy and found it inspirational. Humane treatment of animals is such an uplifting topic to many and I appreciate the expansion of how to improve their lot in life and death.Claire Danes career who I have followed since Little Women as well as Romeo and Juliet could not have been better vilified with this vehicle to portray her versatility and verisimilitude in a very complex role.High recommend for families dealing with autistic children, compassionate teachers and mothers, blind students, and most of all those of us who are inclined towards compassion towards those who do just do not fit in with others. What an incomparable film!!

I mean that as a compliment. This is an outstanding story about an accomplished woman and how a few thoughtful people were able to help her through the difficulties faced by autistic people. If you are worried about watching another movie about a person overcoming great barriers, don't be for this one. It is magical how the writers, directors, and actors, especially the spot-on performance of Claire Danes, were able to keep the story true without overwrought dramatics and sugary sweet sentimentality. It is a joy to watch.Temple Grandin, born with autistic behavior, has difficulty in learning academically and socially except for her mother and a few teachers that recognized how different her world is. Her life is documented from early years to later academic and personal growth, but it is not presented chronologically. Since the central topic of the story includes her relationship with cows, the story begins at her first exposure to cows at her relations ranch.It is best not to know in advance how Temple becomes enamored by cows and her following success with them, but let us just say it does involve how cows are slaughtered for human consumption. If this bothers you or if you do not agree that meat processing is okay, then this movie is not going to be for you no matter what. One reviewer listed below was revolted by how the movie seems to, at least in his eyes, glamorize or justify beef processing. It is just part of Temple Grandin's story, not some kind of beef producers attempt to quell those that believe meat consumption is wrong.Likewise, if you have had the challenge of raising autistic children, Temple Grandin's story may seem to trivialize those challenges. My understanding of autism (and it is incomplete at best) has been that autism has some common characteristics, but they manifest in many different ways.There is no doubt this is one of the most beautiful human interest movies made. As a high school teacher, I showed my engineering class this movie over two days for two reasons. First, she shows a remarkable talent of analyzing problems and develop solutions. Second, and this was the main reason, the story of "being different, not less" is an important one of tolerance. One of my students was a highly functional autistic girl that was viewed as strange by fellow students on a regular basis. This brought the point home in how important it is to recognize we are all not the same and that is okay. By the way, the students were engaged through the whole movie (it's easy to tell; they didn't try to sneak phone texts during the movie and didn't fall asleep).Savor this one. They just don't come along very frequently